Meaning not yet researched.
Carlie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 65 in 2025. Its best rank was #469 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #469 in 1998; #2,657 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Carlie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,657 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, at #469.
Hover, tap or use the arrow keys for any year. Years with fewer than five babies of a sex are not published by SSA and show as zero.
Carlie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 65 girls in 2025. Peak: #469 in 1998 · most girls in one year: 586 (2004).
In 2025, 65 US girls were named Carlie, making it the 2,657th most common girls’ name of the year, down 144 places from #2,513 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 71 girls named Carlie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #469, reached in 1998. The most girls given the name in a single year was 586, in 2004. For comparison, it was #1,045 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carlie in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 6 babies. In all, 16,311 US babies have been given the name, 92% of them girls and 7.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 4,986 babies named Carlie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,355 US girls were named Carlie; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 250. In 2025 that was about 1 in 24,727 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Carlie ranked highest in Tennessee in 2025, at #1,006 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Carly (66,626 babies since 1880), Carley (17,328 babies since 1880), Karlee (13,647 babies since 1880) and Carlee (13,290 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Karliee, Carliegh and Karlia are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Karliee (58), Carliegh (17), Karlia (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Carlie in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,006 | #519 |
| California | 8 | #2,310 | #2,195 |
| Texas | 5 | #3,388 | #1,481 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,657 | — | — |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,513 | — | — |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,523 | — | — |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,411 | — | — |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,929 | — | — |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,486 | — | — |
| 2019 | 165 | #1,367 | — | — |
| 2018 | 192 | #1,219 | — | — |
| 2017 | 220 | #1,130 | — | — |
| 2016 | 250 | #1,048 | — | — |
| 2015 | 254 | #1,045 | — | — |
| 2014 | 277 | #965 | — | — |
| 2013 | 296 | #872 | — | — |
| 2012 | 294 | #896 | — | — |
| 2011 | 313 | #842 | — | — |
| 2010 | 353 | #781 | — | — |
| 2009 | 405 | #712 | — | — |
| 2008 | 455 | #671 | — | — |
| 2007 | 482 | #619 | — | — |
| 2006 | 490 | #594 | — | — |
| 2005 | 534 | #541 | — | — |
| 2004 | 586 | #502 | 7 | #9,086 |
| 2003 | 495 | #558 | — | — |
| 2002 | 471 | #563 | — | — |
| 2001 | 515 | #520 | — | — |
| 2000 | 540 | #501 | 6 | #9,253 |
| 1999 | 501 | #512 | — | — |
| 1998 | 549 | #469 | 5 | #9,834 |
| 1997 | 491 | #503 | — | — |
| 1996 | 486 | #492 | 5 | #9,200 |
| 1995 | 453 | #531 | — | — |
| 1994 | 431 | #558 | — | — |
| 1993 | 415 | #574 | 5 | #8,896 |
| 1992 | 374 | #607 | — | — |
| 1991 | 348 | #640 | 6 | #7,393 |
| 1990 | 206 | #925 | 6 | #7,303 |
| 1989 | 185 | #955 | — | — |
| 1988 | 178 | #946 | 6 | #6,538 |
| 1987 | 141 | #1,083 | 5 | #7,100 |
| 1986 | 144 | #1,049 | — | — |
| 1985 | 162 | #958 | 7 | #5,219 |
| 1984 | 161 | #923 | — | — |
| 1983 | 129 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 1982 | 114 | #1,193 | 6 | #5,732 |
| 1981 | 102 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,608 | 7 | #5,003 |
| 1979 | 61 | #1,771 | 7 | #4,915 |
| 1978 | 60 | #1,729 | 8 | #4,204 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,881 | 9 | #3,880 |
| 1976 | 44 | #1,998 | 11 | #3,296 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,992 | 6 | #4,872 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,648 | 6 | #4,705 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,135 | — | — |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,191 | 8 | #3,667 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,840 | 12 | #2,834 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,260 | 13 | #2,638 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,721 | 11 | #2,707 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,199 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,522 | — | — |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,683 | 8 | #3,021 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,888 | — | — |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,054 | 10 | #2,685 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,294 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,803 | 11 | #2,528 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,288 | 12 | #2,428 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,479 | 7 | #3,378 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,850 | 8 | #3,069 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,965 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,970 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,943 | 16 | #2,024 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,403 | 16 | #1,980 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,899 | 16 | #1,966 |
| 1953 | 14 | #2,943 | 19 | #1,772 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,055 | 17 | #1,868 |
| 1951 | 15 | #2,709 | 19 | #1,734 |
| 1950 | — | — | 12 | #2,228 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,929 | 14 | #2,039 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,988 | 18 | #1,765 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,362 | 29 | #1,367 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,618 | 21 | #1,562 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,882 | 15 | #1,786 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,217 | 21 | #1,487 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,267 | 17 | #1,781 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,921 | 26 | #1,362 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,555 | 18 | #1,643 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,448 | 22 | #1,439 |
| 1939 | 16 | #2,047 | 15 | #1,803 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,881 | 23 | #1,402 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,591 | 22 | #1,450 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,276 | 21 | #1,470 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,216 | 25 | #1,359 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,765 | 23 | #1,429 |
| 1933 | 15 | #2,070 | 18 | #1,652 |
| 1932 | 13 | #2,383 | 24 | #1,433 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,785 | 24 | #1,432 |
| 1930 | 18 | #1,946 | 29 | #1,338 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,947 | 20 | #1,683 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,405 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,574 | 19 | #1,811 |
| 1926 | 18 | #2,084 | 30 | #1,333 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,389 | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1924 | 18 | #2,151 | 25 | #1,538 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,754 | 20 | #1,763 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,187 | 25 | #1,509 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,298 | 20 | #1,774 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,137 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,168 | 31 | #1,268 |
| 1918 | 29 | #1,454 | 21 | #1,665 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,576 | 22 | #1,538 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,955 | 15 | #1,968 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,933 | 22 | #1,468 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,752 | 16 | #1,558 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,184 | 16 | #1,321 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,186 | 10 | #1,636 |
| 1911 | 15 | #1,176 | — | — |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,970 | 7 | #1,333 |
| 1909 | — | — | 12 | #849 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,160 | 9 | #960 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,404 | 6 | #1,217 |
| 1906 | — | — | 6 | #1,137 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,318 | 6 | #1,118 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,926 | — | — |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,460 | — | — |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,715 | — | — |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,238 | 5 | #1,346 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,425 | — | — |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,064 | 6 | #995 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,195 | 6 | #931 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,487 | — | — |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,233 | 5 | #994 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,359 | 6 | #902 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,311 | 8 | #731 |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,050 | — | — |
| 1883 | 6 | #836 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).